Playgirlz

Playgirlz is the debut Japanese album of South Korean girl group After School, released on March 14, 2012 in Japan under Avex Trax. The album was released in three versions, a CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, a CD & DVD Edition and a regular CD Edition. It was preceded by the singles "Bang!", "Diva" and double A-side "Rambling Girls/Because of You".

Editions

The album was released in three different editions: CD & DVD Limited Press Edition, CD & DVD Edition, and the Regular CD Edition.

The CD & DVD Limited Press Edition contains the CD album, and a DVD containing the "Japan Premium Party -Bang! Bang! Bang!- Live at AKASAKA BLITZ" show, along with Playcards and 1 trading card randomly selected out of 9 different styles.

The CD & DVD Edition contains the CD album and a DVD containing the 5 Original Japanese Version music videos, and three Japanese Dance Edit Version music videos of Bang!, Diva and Rambling Girls. It all comes in a cardboard slipcase, once again including 1 trading card out of 9 different styles along with other trading cards. The DVD also includes Bonus Content including the original Shanghai Romance Korean music video, and miscellaneous After School special footage.

Playgirlz (concert)

Playgirlz (promoted as AFTERSCHOOL 1st Japan Tour -PLAYGIRLZ-) is the first Japan nationwide concert tour by South Korean girl group, After School. The tour is to promote their first Japanese studio album, "Playgirlz" and their fourth Japanese single "Lady Luck/Dilly Dally".

Background

On January 13, 2012, Pledis Entertainment announced that After School, who made their Japan debut with "Bang!" in August last year, will be holding their first Japan concert tour "AFTERSCHOOL First Japan Tour 2012 -PLAYGIRLZ-" in April 2012. The tickets for the concert were available for purchase on March 24, 2012. "AFTERSCHOOL First Japan Tour 2012 -PLAYGIRLZ-" will be held at Zepp Tokyo, Zepp Nagoya and Namba Hatch (Osaka) on the 27th, 28th and 30 April respectively. Despite their tight schedule which calls for them to shuffle between Korea and Japan as they continue their solo and group activities, After School has been practicing hard for these concerts so as not to disappoint their fans, and they are expected to put up some special performances as well as showcase their various hit songs. Due to the demand for tickets previously, an additional date was added on June 17 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.